Annual Appeal

2017 Annual Diocesan Appeal:Building Our Family of Faith Welcome to the 2017 Annual Diocesan Appeal –
Building Our Family of Faith. As you may have heard, the Appeal has changed timing from the fall to the spring and all 145 parishes are once again conducting it at the same time.
This year’s theme is inspired by two sources. The first source is Galatians 6:10.: “So, as we have the opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” The second source is from Pope Pius XII. In his Encyclical
Mystici Corporis he says that there can be no discontinuity between the inward and outward graces of the Church in all its members (Cf.
DS 3808 ff.), indicating that the gifts to the Church are to radiate outward, a theme repeated in
Gaudium et Spes regarding the wider creation.
With an overall goal of nearly
$2.7 million, the 2017 Appeal will provide critical funding to nineteen diverse and impactful ministries that affect the lives of thousands of people in our Diocese. We look forward to sharing with you more about the Appeal and its impact in the very near future.